Sumptuous gardens, a superb XIII palacee century and a breathtaking view of Lake Albano, southeast of Rome: recovered by the popes at the end of the 16the century, Castel Gandolfo's residence was the summer vacation of the Catholic Church leaders for hundreds of years. Tourists and faithful came from all over the world to listen to the Angelus there during the hot and August hot months, to the happiness of local merchants. Léon XIV will reconnect with this tradition abandoned by his predecessor, François, Sunday July 6. Elected on May 8, Pope American-Peruvien will take up residence for fifteen days and will say there, Sunday 13, the first angelus since 2014.
Little inclined to get out of Rome outside of official trips and to really interrupt his work, François had chosen to make this emblematic place an museum. He opened it to the public in 2014, a year after his election.
The return of his successor to this village of the Albain mountains manifests the desire of the new pontiff to reconnect with traditions that his predecessor had abandoned. And to appease, by these symbols, a Roman Curia that Pope Francis had stopped pointing through decisions perceived as unilateral and speech lives as hostile.
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Source: Lemonde